Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-07-07
CROP BULLETIN.
Condensed from Observations Made by
the signal Service Bureau.

WASHINGTON July 5.--The following
is the weekly weather crop bulletin issued
by the signal office:
Temperature-Du the week ending
Jnly2, 1887, the weather has been warm.
er than usual In the northern states, the
average daily excess being generally less
than ? degrees, while throughout the
southern states IL was cooler than usual
the average daily temperature ranging
from to degrees below the normal.
Throughout the cotton. belt during the
week the daily average was about 3 do.
grees cooler than usual
The average daily temperature for the
season from Jan, to July :, 1887, differs
less than degree from the normal In all
agricultural districts, except In the south.
ern states, where the thermal excess pre-.
viously reported in the cotton region has
been slightly reduced and the deficiency
on the south Atlantic coast slightly aug.
mentod.
Rainfall-During the week the rainfall
has been slightly in excess in the greater
portion of the cotton region, aud general.
ly from the Mississippi westward over
the eastern slope of the Rocky noun.
tains Large excuses for the week,
ranging from three to ten inches, are re.
ported from southern Georgia and thence
westward to Texas. and almost daily rains
occurred In the Mississippi valley from
the gulf states northward to Wisconsin
and Minnesota, thus ending the drought
previously existing In portions of the up.
per Mississippi valley
Heavy rains are reported from the
states OF the Mississippi valley, and are
In hn A Al.
corn, tobacco and wheat regions west OF
the Alleghenies. From Michigan and tho
Ohio valley eastward to the Atlantic
coast there was less rain than usual for
the week, the deficiency amounting TO
about one inch.
Tho large deficiency In rainfall for the
season from January to July over tho
cotton region Is largely the result OF u
deficiency OF rainfall during tho winter
and early spring months
Considered with reference to tho
months of May and June, the rainfall In
the greater portion Of the cotton region
amounted to from 70 to 90 per cent OF
the average amount of rainfall for that
period, During tho same months less
than fifty per cent Of tho average amount
Of rainfall occurred in the lower OHIO
valley, Indiana, Illinois. southern Wis.
consin, Iowa and southeast Minnesota.
Rains which have occurred during tho
past week and which continue this morn
ing. are timely, and will probably i'm.
prove the condition Of the staple crops.
General Remarks Reports from the
cotton regions indicate that the reports
during the past week, owing to tho
abundant and we'll distributed showers,
has been favorable to cotton. although
its growth may have been slightly re-
tarded by the cool weather.
The weather has been favorable for
harvesting of wheat and hay from the
lake region and the Ohio valley east to
the Atlantic coast. while in the Missouri
and Mississippi valleys showers have dc.
layed harvesting in those sections.
The weather has been especially favora.
bic in the corn region, and the recent rains
have extended over the greater portion Of
the corn belt. Excellent growing weather
is reported from New England and the
middle Atlantic States, where large hay
crop has been secured